> Any communication between two non-US residents that happens to transit the US is also subject to surveillance. Of course but we (USians) don't care, spying o

> Any communication between two non-US residents that happens to transit the US is also subject to surveillance. Of course but we (USians) don't care, spying on everyone else is the NSA's job and every country does it. I'm more concerned about these issues than the average USian but even I don't care much about applying things like the 4th Amendment to non-USians who are physically outside the country. Well, I don't care about it from a justice perspective, I do care about possible consequences like the Internet becoming balkanized. > Is there some reason the US security apparatus can't legislate in public? Why would they, how would it benefit them? Their answer would be that it's critical that they keep secret their "sources and methods," so the bad guys don't know what they're doing and also what they're not doing, whether it's because they don't have the capability or they're legally restricted from doing it.